Albrecht la Berry Deal . Chicago , July 6 . —C . P . Albrecht * Co ., } 99 South Water St ., are maUmff a specialty of blueberries this yea * as usual . This firm has built up . good outlet and a reoular trade , m this line and have excellent facilities | or handling a large amount of goods . ^ S-f E- jy O-PPers should line « P with this firm as they can rest assured of top prices on their consignments . ; j Ef THE MINNEAPOLIS MARKET . Trad * Condition * and Other Newa aad Notea . Minneapolis , July 5 . —A big- decline is shown in the price of strawberries this week . Homegrown stock is coming in freely—and best poods are billed out today at $ 1 . 50 per 1 Gquart case . Other berries are not plentiful as yet . Very strong tone is shown on the entire butter list , and most lines show advances . Creamery extras are going into coolers freely . The talk of the increased and virtually Erohibitive tax on renovated goods as not seemed to give makers of those goods any weakness , as they ar...

ailFORMl POTATOES —•—ggBBaaaaaa i SPRING CHICKENS WEAKKR . Big Contract * for Frozen Poultry Depend on Prices)—Receipts Heavy . Chicago , July 6 . —Spring chickens are weaker again this week and dealers predict further decline as there are heavier receipts . Th markt has run all the way from 14 c to 18 c and it is only the kind that weighs from a pound and a quarter to one and three-quarters that realize the top erice . From all- accounts there wiU e a heavy crop of springs and those who figure on dressing and storing would like to see things get in shape as soon as possible . Iteport has it that a large operator here has a contract for about a million pounds of broilers if they can be put away at around 14 c . All indications point to heavy operations in all kinds of fro zen poultry as most available stocks have been well cleaned up , and there is not the dread from ^ reform legislation this year that kcplLigany people from storing last year , ^ p All trade here have plenty of poul...

FRITZ VISITS PEACH SECTIONS . Says Ontlook Is for Fair . Cra * of Fine . Fndt-HU Firm WlU Snip . Cbicago , July . 6 . — - A few days ago , X . N . ^ riti , secrestary of . Crutchfield ; Woolfolk &amp;amp; Gibson , returned from an extended trip oyer . the , Arkansas , Oklahoma and . Indian territory peach growing- sections .- Hestates that the outfok is -for . a fair crop of fine Elberta peaches in this section and he thinkstheOklahoma stock will begin to move around July 25 , but Arkansas shipments will -begin earlier and his . firm expiectr to begin moving car Jots at several points next . week . . ¦ i - As a result of the ** trip madeby Mr . Fritz his firm , will be a . large factor in handling peaches , from the territory referred , to . They •¦ - have provided ample package material and have expert men . looking after the grading and packing of all fruit they ship and their aim is to put out such stock as . will give perfect satisfaction to the trade . While on the trip Mr ...

BUTTERMAKERS * MEETING , 1908 . Executive - Committee Decide on St . Pan ! Instead of Chicago . Chicago , July 5 . —A few ^ days ago the executive committee of the National Creamery Boilermakers Assn . met here and decided not to hold the next annual convention in Clucago next October in conjunction with tne National Dairy show , but to meet in St . Paul , March 14 , 15 , 16 , 1908 . . It has been rumored for some time that there has been friction between these two organizations and numbers of people , especially among creamery men , were ¦ . inclined to believe that the dairy show had a tendency to sidetrack the butter proposition from a creamery standpoint . ¦ _ E ., Stidendorf , Clinton , HL , is secretary of the National Dairy show and S . B . Schilling , editor of a dairy paper of Cnicago ,, is secretary of the buttermakers association . T . Shipped 490 Oars Oraages . Shipped 420 Cars Orange ..... . .... iExcter , Cal ., July 3 . —Last week saw the windup of the orange crop in ...

flBMU BOTTOMS WM CROP NOT * - * XPECTED \ TO BE OVER HALF NORMAL YIKLfr Cut Short by Unfavorable Weather-Bet-ter on Hill than on Bottom LandsCrop Handled Chiefly bySt . Loots and Chicago Trade . ( Staff Correspondence . ) ¦¦ Edwardsvillei 111 ., July 5 . —The potato crop of the American bottoms , across the river in Illinois , is just beginning to move . in a small way , and about the 15 th the car lot movement will be on in earnest . The most of the potatoes that are now being dug are brought to this market by wagon . ¦ • The crop in the bottoms this year is not at all good . During the month of June it . rained almost every day , and a good many fields in the low lands were badly injured by the water . In a great many instances the potato vines are scalded and those fields will yield practically nothing . On the higher lands , where the water drained off , the prospect is much better , and it is anticipated that fields so situated will make a fair yield . . Growers and shippers es...

JUSTICE iOFCAUJIV THE BEST CANTALOUPES ON THE MARKET THIS SEASON Bocky Ford in her patmiesi days nor California atany time ever grew better cantaloupes than the hekvy netted Rocky Ford Seed crown bjr the Albany Melon Association at Albany , Ga . this season . The firstfew cars , as stated last week , were of irregular pack on account of the ext r e me small sizes , due to tlie drought . . The las t 20 cars , however , have been running very largely tb Standard 45 s and the packing was consequently up to the former high standard of the • Jus t ice T ) rand . Frequent showers have helped the cantaloupes wonderfully . At . no time-was the quality and flavor any better . The netting seems to be perfect . J ustice brand cantaloupes sold in Kansas City last week as high as $ 5 . 50 per crate . During the past week we have shipped from 5 to 8 cars per day . This , however , is far short of a full yield . We should be shipping right now from 10 to 20 cars per day . The season \ W ill last 1...

THE PE-VNSYS SIDE . Telia Why They Have to Hove Car Initials With Orders . New York , July 5 . —Last week The t * acKer commented , from interviews in tne trade , on tne letter lateiv put out by tne Pennsy railroau instructing tne trade that orders for the removal oi cars must be accompanied not only by the car number , but by the initials as well . Mr . fownsend , agent of the Pennsylvania , says The Packer did not print a l \? f u i . 8 .. lette i &amp;gt; Particularly that part pi it which explained why the company had to issue sucn an order . However , i fie Packer , in its own defense , will say that it published the complete letter which was issued by the Fruit Produce Trade Assn . The first part of the letter sent to Mr ., Voorhees , chairman of the association s transportation committee , and which was omitted probably bv the association to save space , was as follows : Ihe heavy run of freight over our line and the consignment accumulation ot cars at terminals , that is...

BTDM 6 E TO APPLES SMALL LICE HURTING FRUIT US SOME SECTIONS-IN YORK STATE . &amp;lt; tul ( e Troublesome In Monroe and Wayne Counties—Kills Leaves Then Covers Small Oreen Apples . Rochester , July 5 . —Apprehension has been felt by apple growers in different sections ot Monroe County over the attack being made upon their orchards by the yellow aphis and other insects . The abnormally dry weather which has prevailed during the greater part of the spring and early summer has made it possible for all kinds of parasites to thrive , and considerable damage has been done by the different pests . In several large orchards in this and other nearby sections many apple trees are virtually covered with a living mass of animal life . The under side of the leaves are almost one mass of yellow and blue aphis , which , when examined under microscope , growers say , present the appearance of a swarm of bees . The damage done by the pests is apparent to anyone on entering the orchards . The lea...

IN THE ROSTOV WKET POTATO SITUATION CLEARING UP SOME , BUT STILL DEMORALIZED . Native Strawberries CoatlaawGood Melon Trade—Too Much ButterGeneral Market and News Notes . Boston , July 5 . —The legislature passed an act last Friday authorizing the use of sidewalk and street space by dealers in the market district , ior several months it has seemed doubtful whether this most essential privilege of the jobbers and receivers would be assured in the future . The new law preserves the right . . The provisions for dealers applying for space in front of market stands owned by the city and those privately owned are different . According to section 2 when the privilege for which a license is asked is to ne exercised . in front of premises owned by the citv of Boston , the owner s consent herein provided for may be given by the department having charge of said building . That is , the superintendent of markets will grant licenses for public stalls , whereas the board of street commissioners h...